ANWAR HOSSAIN, President of Migrant Trade Union


ACTION ALERT:
RELEASE ANWAR HOSSAIN, PRESIDENT OF MIGRANT TRADE UNION, KCTU
STOP THE CRACKDOWN AGAINST MIGRANT WORKERS

On May 14 at 1:00 a.m. Anwar Hossain, President of the Migrant Trade Union, KCTU, was forcibly arrested by over 30 police officers, on his way home. During the process he suffered injuries to the head and the hands. He is currently detained at an immigration detention center in Chungjoo, two hours south of Seoul.

The Migrant Workers Trade Union (MTU), an affiliate of the KCTU, was formed on April 24, 2005. The MTU, which is in fact a merger of several migrant workers unions and groups in Seoul, Incheon, Kyongido, is an effort by migrant workers in South Korea to organize and fight for their rights. The roots of MTU can be found in the Equality Trade Union Migrants